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Pointers explained: (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago

Another reason I commonly see: to change the structure / "main pointer" to a data structure (esp during freeing and cleanup).

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